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Table 3 Drug-related problems and the ratio of the interventions used with each other for the total study population

From: Qualitative and quantitative research of medication review and drug-related problems in Hungarian community pharmacies: a pilot study

DRP

Underlying cause

Interventions

Not necessary

Not happened

Change in frequency

Dose escalation

Dose reduction

Education

Helping with device

drug recommen- dation

Stop medication

Medication replacement

Sending to the doctor

Warning the GP

no data

DRP1

Medication is necessary (lack of the required medication)

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

1.8%

0.0%

42.1%

0.0%

1.8%

42.1%

12.3%

0.0%

10.0%

DRP2

Unnecessary taken drug

17.4%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

8.7%

0.0%

0.0%

43.5%

4.3%

8.7%

13.0%

4.3%

4.0%

Multiple drug use from the same pharmacological category

29.2%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

50.0%

4.2%

4.2%

12.5%

0.0%

4.2%

DRP3

Improper medication choice

3.8%

7.7%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

3.8%

0.0%

3.8%

0.0%

19.2%

30.8%

30.8%

0.0%

4.6%

Non-adherence

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

82.0%

8.1%

0.0%

0.0%

2.7%

1.8%

1.8%

3.6%

19.4%

DRP4

Improper dosage

3.8%

3.8%

0.0%

3.8%

0.0%

15.4%

0.0%

3.8%

0.0%

3.8%

30.8%

34.6%

0.0%

4.6%

DRP5

Interaction

18.8%

0.4%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

17.1%

0.0%

0.0%

5.0%

39.2%

5.8%

10.8%

2.9%

42.0%

Side effects

7.8%

3.9%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

5.9%

0.0%

9.8%

3.9%

17.6%

37.3%

13.7%

0.0%

8.9%

DRP6

Improper dosage

0.0%

0.0%

7.7%

0.0%

23.1%

15.4%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

38.5%

15.4%

0.0%

2.3%

 

Other

10.9%

1.1%

0.2%

0.2%

0.5%

25.4%

1.6%

5.4%

6.3%

20.1%

14.5%

11.7%

2.1%

100.0%

  1. (DRP: drug-related problem; Bold number: the most common intervention for the elimination of each underlying cause; Underlined number: the interventions for each underlying cause with an incidence higher than 10% (n = 571))